Regulation

Provincial

In the County

Strathcona County has developed additional
ISD Program Guidelines (613.9 KB)
to ensure ISDs in our community are safety-focused, transparent and accountable. These guidelines define a more rigorous site selection process and evaluation process.

Yes, trained personnel review every recording to verify the vehicle is in violation of the traffic signal. Tickets are mailed to vehicle owners where it is clear the vehicle ran the red light or was over the set threshold speed.

The registered owner of the vehicle in violation of a red light will receive a $388.00 (as of May 1, 2015) ticket. Speed infractions follow the specified penalties as listed in the Alberta Traffic Safety Act for speed offences. Registered owner violations do not carry any demerits.

Existing ISD sites in Strathcona County have been very effective at reducing the number of violations at those intersections. In 2017, 44,293,674 vehicles were monitored by the cameras. Speed offences were detected in 0.037% of vehicles and 0.0017% of vehicles violated the red light.

It is difficult for police to enforce red-light infractions because the police must follow offenders through the light to catch them. This can endanger other motorists, cyclists and pedestrians, as well as the officers. Communities also can't afford to have police patrol intersections as often as necessary to catch drivers who run red lights. The cameras allow police to focus on other enforcement priorities.